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Aloha Bowl

College football bowl game in Honolulu

Summary

College football bowl game in Honolulu

| previous_tie-ins = | conference_tie-ins = Jeep Aloha Bowl The Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii, at Aloha Stadium. Certified by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the game featured teams from Division I-A (later known as the Football Bowl Subdivision).

History

The Aloha Bowl was established in 1982 by Mackay Yanagisawa, a sportsman from Oahu. With the exception of the 1983–1986 playings, the Aloha Bowl was traditionally played on Christmas morning in Honolulu. For most of its playings, the game was sponsored by Jeep Corporation. The bowl originally applied for certification by the NCAA Division I Championship Committee in 1981, but certification was delayed until 1982. The inaugural game was played in 1982 and the last game was played in 2000, after it lost its sponsorship as a result of a corporate merger between Jeep and DaimlerChrysler. In 1998 and 1999, the Aloha Bowl was part of a doubleheader followed by the Oahu Bowl; the 1998 event was the first televised doubleheader in American college football history.

After Jeep dropped its sponsorship, the bowl committees of the Hawaiian bowl games elected to move the games to the U.S. mainland. The Oahu Bowl moved to Seattle and was played as the Seattle Bowl for two years. The Aloha Bowl was to move to San Francisco, but before the move could be completed the game lost its bowl certification. San Francisco later received a bowl game, first played in December 2002 as the San Francisco Bowl, which later operated under several other names. Hawaii did not remain without a bowl for long, however, as a new bowl committee received certification in 2002 for a Christmastime game, the Hawaii Bowl, at Aloha Stadium.

The Aloha Bowl was preceded years earlier by the Poi Bowl (late 1930s) and Pineapple Bowl (1940s and early 1950s).

Game results

Date	Winner	Loser	Attendance	Notes
December 25, 1982	#9 Washington	21	#16 Maryland	20
December 26, 1983	Penn State	13	Washington	10
December 29, 1984	#10 SMU	27	#17 Notre Dame	20
December 28, 1985	#13 Alabama	24	USC	3
December 27, 1986	#13 Arizona	30	North Carolina	21
December 25, 1987	#10 UCLA	20	Florida	16
December 25, 1988	#18 Washington State	24	#14 Houston	22
December 25, 1989	#22 Michigan State	33	#19 Hawaii	13
December 25, 1990	Syracuse	28	Arizona	0
December 25, 1991	Georgia Tech	18	#17 Stanford	17
December 25, 1992	Kansas	23	#23 BYU	20
December 25, 1993	#17 Colorado	41	#24 Fresno State	30
December 25, 1994	#25 Boston College	12	#8 Kansas State	7
December 25, 1995	#11 Kansas	51	#24 UCLA	30
December 25, 1996	Navy	42	Cal	38
December 25, 1997	#21 Washington	51	#25 Michigan State	23
December 25, 1998	Colorado	51	#21 Oregon	43
December 25, 1999	Wake Forest	23	Arizona State	3
December 25, 2000	Boston College	31	Arizona State	17

Appearances by team

Rank	Team	Appearances	Wins	Losses	Win %
1	Washington Huskies}}	[	3	2	1	.667
T2	Boston College Eagles}}	[	2	2	0	1.000
T2	Colorado Buffaloes}}	[	2	2	0	1.000
T2	Arizona State Sun Devils}}	[	2	0	2	.000
T2	Kansas Jayhawks}}	[	2	2	0	1.000
T2	Arizona Wildcats}}	[	2	1	1	.500
T2	Michigan State Spartans}}	[	2	1	1	.500
T2	UCLA Bruins}}	[	2	1	1	.500
T3	Alabama Crimson Tide}}	[	1	1	0	1.000
T3	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets}}	[	1	1	0	1.000
T3	Navy Midshipmen}}	[	1	1	0	1.000
T3	Penn State Nittany Lions}}	[	1	1	0	1.000
T3	SMU Mustangs}}	[	1	1	0	1.000
T3	Syracuse Orange}}	[	1	1	0	1.000
T3	Wake Forest Demon Deacons}}	[	1	1	0	1.000
T3	Washington State Cougars}}	[	1	1	0	1.000
T3	BYU Cougars}}	[	1	0	1	.000
T3	California Golden Bears}}	[	1	0	1	.000
T3	Florida Gators}}	[	1	0	1	.000
T3	Fresno State Bulldogs}}	[	1	0	1	.000
T3	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors}}	[	1	0	1	.000
T3	Houston Cougars}}	[	1	0	1	.000
T3	Kansas State Wildcats}}	[	1	0	1	.000
T3	Maryland Terrapins}}	[	1	0	1	.000
T3	North Carolina Tar Heels}}	[	1	0	1	.000
T3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish}}	[	1	0	1	.000
T3	Oregon Ducks}}	[	1	0	1	.000
T3	Stanford Cardinal}}	[	1	0	1	.000
T3	USC Trojans}}	[	1	0	1	.000

Appearances by conference

Rank	Conference	Appearances	Record	Win %	# of Teams	Teams
1	Pac-10	14	5–9	.357	9	Washington (2–1)
T2	ACC	4	2–2	.500	4	Georgia Tech (1–0)
T2	Big Eight	4	3–1	.750	3	Kansas (2–0)
T2	Independent	4	3–1	.750	3	Navy (1–0)
5	WAC	3	0–3	.000	3	BYU (0–1)
T6	Big East	2	2–0	1.000	1	Boston College (2–0)
T6	Big Ten	2	1–1	.500	1	Michigan State (1–1)
T6	SEC	2	1–1	.500	2	Alabama (1–0)
T6	SWC	2	1–1	.500	2	SMU (1–0)
10	Big 12	1	1–0	1.000	1	Colorado (1–0)

*Note: Table based on conference affiliation at the time the game was played and may not represent current conference alignment.

Television

Main article: List of Aloha Bowl broadcasters

Most editions of the Aloha Bowl were televised by ABC (1986–2000).

References

Cisco, Dan. (1999). "Hawaiʻi Sports: History, Facts, and Statistics". University of Hawaii Press.
(1 January 2007). "Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States". Thomson Gale.
Gietschier, Steve. (1 November 1999). "Chase's sports calendar of events". Contemporary Books.
(31 March 2004). "Aloha Sports suing NCAA". [[Star Bulletin]].
(1 May 2001). "Bowl bids aloha to Hawaii". Bcheights.com.

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